Edgar
Edgar (also Edhar ) is a masculine first name and family name.
Origin and Meaning
Edgar, also Edhar, is a name Anglo-Saxon origin. It is composed of ead ( = possessions or assets) and even ( = spear ). " The his property with his spear to defend ... "
Name-day
Variants
Edgardo (Italian ), Ede (short form), Eadgar (Old English, original name - form), Ed ( d) i ( short form), Eddie ( amerk. ), Eddy ( English), Edhar (French ) Edhai ( sansk. )
Well-known bearers of the name
First name
- Edgar (England ) ( 939-975 ), King of England
- Edgar Aetheling (1051-1125), English pretender to the throne
- Edgar (Scotland ) ( 1074-1107 ), King of Scotland
- Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950), American writer
- Edgar Bessen (1933-2012), German actor
- Edgar Cayce (1877-1945), American medium
- Edgar F. Codd (1923-2003), English mathematician and scientist
- Edgar Davids (born 1973 ), Dutch footballer
- Edgar Degas (1834-1917), French painter
- Edgar Ende (1901-1965), German painter
- Edgar Gärtner (* 1949), German ecologist and nonfiction author
- Edgar Haßmann (1884-1919), Latvian Evangelical pastor and martyr
- Edgar Hilsenrath ( b. 1926 ), German writer
- Edgar Hoppe ( born 1937 ), German actor
- Edgar Ott (1929-1994), German actor and voice actor
- Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), American writer
- Edgar Reitz (* 1932), German film director
- Edgar Selge (* 1948), German actor
- Edgar G. Ulmer (1904-1972), American film director
- Edgar Valdez Villareal ( b. 1973 ), alleged American - Mexican drug trafficker
- Edgar Varèse (1883-1965), French composer
- Edgar Wallace (1875-1932), English writer
- J. Edgar Hoover (1895-1972), American FBI Director
Family name
- Boy Edgar (actually George Willem Fred Edgar, 1915-1980 ) Dutch jazz musician and doctor
- David Edgar ( playwright ) ( born 1948 ), British playwright
- David Edgar ( swimmer ) ( born 1950 ), American swimmer
- David Edgar ( footballer ) (* 1987), Canadian football player
- Frankie Edgar ( born 1981 ), American martial artist
- Jim Edgar ( b. 1946 ), American politician
- Owen Thomas Edgar (1831-1929), American soldier
- Robert W. Edgar (1943-2013), American politician
- Ross Edgar ( b. 1983 ), British track cyclists
- Ryan Edgar ( born 1986 ), footballer from Dominica
- Tyrone Edgar ( b. 1982 ), British track and field athlete
Others
- The Edgar is the short name for the Edgar Allan Poe Award
- Edgar (Opera) is an opera by Giacomo Puccini
- Edgar as corruption of Ad -Card (English for advertising card), a mark of the United Ambient Media AG, among other things, Distributed free postcards
- In Austria Edgar is a filled with chocolate hazelnut cream croissant.
Place name
- Edgar (Illinois )
- Edgar (Wisconsin )
- Edgar (Texas )
- Edgar Township
- Male first name
- Family name